Effects of visual hemisphere-specific stimulation versus reading-focused training in dyslexic children

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-212

  Lorusso, Maria Luisa ^a   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b   Paganoni, Pierluigi ^c   Pezzani, Marco ^c   Molteni, Massimo ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Bergamo General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHONEME; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33645158988     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010500145620     Document Type: Article

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